Insect trap

ABSTRACT

An insect trap containing a frame provided with an insect-holding adhesive substance and capable of being placed in a desired position. The trap allows insects to be trapped effectively. The frame is transparent, at least to a certain degree, and exhibits a part which permits the installation of the trap in a desired position, for example, in a window on its glass.

The present invention relates to an insect trap containing a frameprovided with an insect-holding adhesive substance and capable of beingplaced in a desired position.

The principal object of the present invention is to make available atrap of the kind indicated above which permits the effective catching offlies and other unpleasant insects which it is wished to keep out ofhomes and other specific areas.

A object is achieved by means of a trap in accordance with the presentinvention, which is characterized essentially in that the frame istransparent, at least to a certain degree, and exhibits a part whichpermits the installation of the trap in a desired position.

The invention is described below as a preferred illustrative embodiment,in conjunction with which reference is made to the drawings, in which:

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of the trap in an application phase;

FIG. 2 shows the rear side of the trap;

FIG. 3 shows a section through the trap; and

FIG. 4 shows the front side of the trap.

A trap 1 arranged in accordance with the present invention for thepurpose of catching and retaining undesired insects, such as flies 2,wasps and mosquitos, etc., contains a frame (3) which is made of acompletely transparent or partially transparent appropriately slightlytinted material, such as a piece of plastic or a similar material. Thepiece of plastic 3 may consist of a strip or a sheet with some othersuitable form.

The frame 3 is coated, for example on one of its sides 3A, with anadhesive substance 4 which permits the effective catching and retainingof the insects 2 in question which come into contact with saidinsect-holding adhesive substance 4. This adhesive substance 4 should benon-toxic and thus harmless to humans and pets, but should exhibit agood adhesive capacity to the insects 2.

For the purpose of being able, amongst other things, to catch any liquidadhesive substance 4 which may have been caused to melt from the frame3, for example by the heat of the sun, and to prevent the messing anddirtying of the place in which the trap 1 is positioned, preferably theinside 5A of a glass pane 5 of a window 6 or some other coveringelement, the frame 3 exhibits a channel 8 or similar catchment componentangled away from the lower edge part 7 of the frame. This channel 8 canbe formed by the lower edge part 7 of the frame being folded upwards, asshown by way of example in FIG. 3.

The trap 1 also exhibits a part 9 which permits the trap 1 to be appliedin the desired place, for example on a glass pane 5. This applicationpart 9 can be formed by a strip of adhesive 10 or some other appropriateadhesive substance, which is capable of being attached to a surface 5A,and which, for example, extends along preferably the upper edge 11 ofthe frame on that side 3B of the frame 3 which is free of theinsect-holding adhesive substance. This adhesive 10 should be of such akind as is easily removed from undesired places, appropriately usingwater.

The insect traps 1 arranged in the form of strips are preferably coveredby, for example, an easily removable siliconized protective layer 12 and13 over the strip of adhesive 10 and the insect-holding adhesivesubstance 4, for the purpose of, amongst other things, preventing theunintentional sticking together of the traps 1 one to the other or tosome other undesired object.

After removing the protective layer 12 from a trap 1, the trap 1 is thencapable, thanks to the strip of adhesive 10, for example, of beingattached easily to a pane of glass 5, for example. After removing theadditional protective layer 13, the trap is ready to be used. Thanks tothe fact that the frame 3 is transparent, at least to a certain degree,insects 2 will not notice that the trap 1 is attached to the window pane5 or in some other suitable position, but will, as they fly into thepane 5 and the light outside the window or into the light behind thetrap, become stuck to the adhesive substance 4. When the trap isconsidered to have served its purpose, it is easily pulled from the pane5 and thrown away, to be replaced by a new trap 1.

The invention is not restricted to the illustrative embodiment describedabove and illustrated in the drawings, but may be varied within thescope of the Patent Claims without departing from the idea of invention.

I claim:
 1. An insect trap comprising a substantially rectangular frame,an insect-holding adhesive substance on one side of said frame which isplaced in a desired position, being transparent, at least to a certaindegree, and a section on the opposite side of said frame, which sectionpermits the installation of the trap in a desired position, said framecomprising a piece of plastic which exhibits a channel extending alongthe bottom longitudinal edge of said frame for catching insect-holdingadhesive, said channel being angled away outwardly from its lower part,wherein the section is formed by an adhesive present on the side of theframe which is free of the insect-holding adhesive substance, wherein astrip of said adhesive extends along the upper edge of the frame, andwherein said strip of adhesive and the insect-holding adhesive substanceare covered by a removable siliconized layer.
 2. A trap according toclaim 1, characterized in that the frame is in a single piece formedfrom plastic.
 3. A trap according to claim 2, characterized in that thepiece of plastic making up the frame includes a protective stripoverlying a strip of adhesive positioned along one edge of said plastic.4. An insect trap comprising a frame in the form of a substantiallyrectangular sheet provided with an insect-holding adhesive substancewhich permits catching and retaining insects which come into contactwith the adhesive, on one of the sides of the sheet, and an applicationpart of adhesive which permits the trap to be attached in the desiredplace to a surface, said application part of adhesive being on the sideof the sheet which is free from insect-holding adhesive substance,characterized in that the sheet comprises a strip made of plasticmaterial in a single piece, which plastic material, at least to acertain degree, is transparent and permits the insects to see lightthrough the trap, and that the sheet is provided with a channel forcatching the insect-holding adhesive, said channel extending along thebottom longitudinal edge of said frame and being angled away from thelower part of the sheet.
 5. A trap according to claim 4, characterizedin that the application part is formed by an adhesive present on theside which is free of the insect-holding adhesive substance.
 6. A trapaccording to claim 5, characterized in that said adhesive extends alongthe upper edge of the frame, and in that said adhesive and theinsect-holding adhesive substance are covered by a removable siliconizedlayer.